Although Manny Ramirez is struggling to recapture his past form against Triple-A competition, A’s general manager Billy Beane said Thursday that he’s not ready to cut ties with the aging slugger.

But Beane also said he has no indication when Ramirez might be ready for a call-up to Oakland.

The A’s hope was that Ramirez would be primed to help the big league club when his 50-game suspension ended May 30. But Ramirez has hit just .243 over 11 games with Triple-A Sacramento, and he hasn’t played in a full game in the past week because of a left leg injury.

“Until he’s on the field on a regular basis and we see where he’s at from a baseball standpoint, we’re really not in a position where we’re ready to make a decision,” Beane said before the A’s beat Texas 7-1 on Thursday. “We said from Day 1 that nothing is set in stone.”

After taking three of four in their just-completed series with the Rangers, the A’s are seven games back of the A.L. West leaders. It begs the question: Is it realistic to think Ramirez, 40, can make an impact on this year’s club?

“As you get deeper into the season, that is a question you’ve gotta ask yourself,” Beane said. “The other thing, too, is you don’t want to just try something and make a (roster) move here that’s maybe irreversible. It’s not just a matter of, ‘Hey, why not?’ “

Beane said he has not talked personally with Ramirez since the player joined the River Cats on May 19. All communication has been through Ramirez’s agent, Barry Praver, and Beane said he’s gotten no indication that Ramirez is ready to throw in the towel on his comeback attempt.

Ramirez retired in Tampa Bay in April 2011 after he was suspended for a second time for violating baseball’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He signed a minor league contract with the A’s in February.

The A’s are under no time frame to promote Ramirez, and if he’s promoted, his contract is worth roughly $500,000 — not a large financial burden.

But adding Ramirez to the roster at some point also would take up a spot that could go to a younger player. And unless the A’s jump into contention, getting a look at younger players might be the best route for them as the season wears on.

“I’ve been of the theory that you give young guys the opportunity when they have proven themselves at the highest level (of the minors) and they’re ready for the next step,” Beane said. “You don’t just do it because they’re there.”

Beane was asked if he was disappointed Ramirez isn’t contributing yet for a struggling offensive team. The A’s have scored just 197 runs in 58 games, putting them on pace for 550 runs, six fewer than the Seattle Mariners scored last season as the worst offensive team in the major leagues.

“I don’t know if disappointing is the right word,” Beane said. “Once again, I go back to the first day we signed him. I said there’s no downside, it’s all upside. (But) we want to make sure there is still upside.”

Violent police encounters in California last year led to the deaths of 157 people and six officers, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday in a report that provides the first statewide tally on police use-of-force incidents.

At 6:03 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to reports of the robbery at the facility, 2301 Bancroft way, and learned that a man who snuck into the facility and began prowling through the building, taking cell phones and wallets from victims.

Investigators’ efforts to solve the case led to the arrests of Pablo Mendoza, 25, of Hayward, Brandon Follings, 26, of Oakland and Valeria Boden, 26, of Alameda, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.